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iPhone Falls in Water Whilst Videotapping, Videotapes Whole Occurance

Jody Mitoma — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:10:32 +0000

This may or may not be true, but apparently Twitter user George Ruiz was taking his first video using the iPhone 3GS when he accidentally dropped in the nearby pool. Video provided at the end of this post.

UPDATE: Apparently the iPhone has a lanyard (a thin strap of sorts) attached to the device, which means it must of been covered with some sort of casing.

click to enlarge

First thing I’d like to note is, is this guy really that clumsy, especially with a brand new cellphone? I’m not sure if this video is 100% truthful, as he may simply have recorded this video using a digital camera with a plastic case made to be able to record videos underwater.

I’m not one to judge, but you never know who to believe when it comes to internet postings. Take this however you will.

Check out the video below:

See a couple more videos of watered down iPhone’s after the break!

via Engadget

iPhone 3GS Exploit Found, Unlock Immenant

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:13:59 +0000

According to the iPhone Dev Team, there is a well known loophole that has been found in the iPhone 3GS. The loophole is known as the 24Kpwn exploit, and was first found in the iPod Touch 2G, which seems to have been carried over on to the iPhone 3GS.

Still waiting to have your iPhone 3GS unlocked from O2 or AT&T? The iPhone Dev Team shouldn’t be too long now. They’ve announced a loophole that has been found within the iPhone 3GS software, and I’m sure will announce further findings as they see fit.

Usually exploits are not announced to the public and Apple Inc. to see, however, the iPhone Dev Team points out that this time around, it seems the 24Kpwn exploit was already cut in before its presence was announced, making it too late to do anything about it now.

Other security loopholes have been closed though, so it’ll take a little bit of time for the iPhone Dev Team to adapt Ultrasn0w to work on iPhone 3GS. Sit tight and watch this space.

You can count on us to keep you updated with the latest news.

via Mirror.co.uk

Sprint Releases Apple iPhone-Dissing Advertisement for Pre

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:02:59 +0000

Roger McNamee of Sprint’s ad department is having a little too much fun when it comes to making advertisements for their new Pre cellular phone.

Looking above, you will see the new Pre advertisement released by Sprint just recently.

Okay, so their Pre is doing pretty good in sales, but that doesn’t give them any right to take a hit at Apple’s iPhone lineup. Especially seeing as the iPhone is doing tremendously better in sales and downloads than the Pre ever will.

It looks like this ad is actually directed to those whom sport a 1st generation iPhone, seeing as it states that “Your iPhone contract is up. Perfect timing.”

I cannot wait to see how Apple reacts to this advertisement. I hope they come up with at least a little something.

The photo can be found via Sprint’s Facebook photo’s album, here.

Whilst on the note of Facebook and all, I’d simply like to point out that Sprint currently has 80,099 fans, whilst a group named “Apple Students” is sporting a fair 1.3 million. AT&T, however, only has 5,000+ fans, which is quite interesting.

via PreThinking

YouTube Mobile Uploads Increases Dramatically Since iPhone 3GS Release

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:51:13 +0000

With the iPhone 3GS came video recording capabilities. With video recording capabilities, came the ability to upload said recorded videos to YouTube via 3G and Wi-Fi. Since June 19th, 2009, YouTube announces that their uploads have increased from mobile devices by 400% per day.

When watching most of the videos uploaded from an iPhone 3GS, you will most likely find out that there are no reason for them to be uploaded online in the first place. Most of them are boring and annoying to begin with.

I’m sure things will slow down once everyone’s had their fun. I do like the added functionality of being able to record and upload videos using your iPhone 3GS, then sharing it with the world via the Internet’s largest video sharing website; YouTube. This may come in handy to many, although the iPhone 3GS’ video recorder doesn’t have the greatest quality.

I guarantee you that the next iPhone to be announced will have better video recording quality than the 3GS.

via MacRumors

iSuppli Estimates iPhone 3GS Cost to Make; $178.96

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:42:40 +0000

The table and cost data presented in this article [to the right] consist only of the iPhone 3G S’s BOM. The total does not include other costs, including manufacturing software development, shipping and distribution, packaging, royalty fees and miscellaneous accessories included with each phone. [iSuppli]

iSuppli informs us that the Bill of Materials (BOM) and features are set nearly the same as the iPhone 3G, however a dissection conducted by iSuppli Corp.’s Teardown Analysis team reveals some interesting changes in the parts and suppliers.

“The entry-level, 16Gbyte version of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 3G S carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of $178.96,” said Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst, teardown services, for iSuppli. “This is slightly higher than iSuppli’s estimate of $174.33 for the original 8Gbyte iPhone 3G based on pricing in July 2008. Although the retail price of the 16Gbyte iPhone 3G S is $199, the same as for the 8Gbyte version of the original iPhone 3G, the actual price of the phone paid by the service provider is considerably higher, reflecting the common wireless industry practice of subsidizing the upfront cost of a mobile phone and then making a profit on subscriptions.”

Toshiba Corp. scored the biggest single design win in the 3G S, with its 16Gbyte Multilevel-Cell (MLC) NAND flash costing $24. With the price of NAND flash having risen in recent months due to supply constraints, this represents a lucrative design win for Toshiba. However, while Toshiba was the supplier of the NAND in the specific 3G S torn down by iSuppli, the part is available from other sources that Apple is likely to use, most notably Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Samsung also maintained its position as iPhone’s applications processor supplier. Priced at $14.46, the applications processor is the fourth most costly component in the iPhone 3G S after the NAND flash, the display module and the touch-screen assembly. [iSuppli]

For more information, check out iSuppli’s detailed write-up of the dissection.

via iSuppli

Comparing the iPhone 3G vs the New iPhone 3GS [Speed]

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:33:58 +0000

I’m sure most of you already know the main differences between the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS which was released on June 19th, 2009, however, I still feel the need to share the main differences on Touch Podium, for those of you whom may not know yet.

Price	$199 [16GB] $299 [32GB]	$99 [8GB]
Camera	3MP Autofocus Video recording	2MP
New features	Improved Performance Built-in video camera with editing Voice control Compass Cut, Copy & Paste Messages Spotlight Search Landscape keyboard Voice memos	—- —- —- —- Cut, Copy & Paste Messages Spotlight search Landscape keyboard Voice memos
Color	Black White	Black
Battery life	Talk time: Up to 5 hours on 3G; Up to 12 hours on 2G Standby time: Up to 300 hours Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G; Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi Audio playback: Up to 30 hours Video playback: Up to 10 hours	Talk time: Up to 5 hours on 3G; Up to 10 hours on 2G Standby time: Up to 300 hours Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G; Up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi Audio playback: Up to 24 hours Video playback: Up to 7 hours

Learn more about the iPhone 3GS

Learn more about the iPhone 3G

So if you didn’t know already, now you know.

Rogers Now Offers International Voice Roaming Packages…

Adam Cecchetto — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:58:15 +0000

Rogers is now offering international voice roaming packages.

These packages, once added to your account are available for usage during the billing period, are automatically removed at the beginning of the next period and do not require any modification or addition to your existing contract.

An easy breakdown of rates is as follows, and found on BGR;

Africa

$35 - 15 minutes
$70 - 40 minutes
$110 - 70 minutes

Asia, Mid-East & Oceania

$30 - 15 minutes
$70 - 40 minutes
$110 - 70 minutes

Caribbean & Latin America

$25 - 15 minutes
$55 - 40 minutes
$90 - 70 minutes

Europe

$20 - 15 minutes
$50 - 40 minutes
$75 - 70 minutes

USA

$15 - 15 minutes
$25 - 40 minutes
$40 - 70 minutes

Sources: BGR and Rogers

There are also data roaming packages, but the pricing to data ratio is ludicrous.

Hopefully for those of you who are travelling the world, this might help ease the cost of using your cellphone abroad, or you could always unlock your phone and buy a pay-as-you-go sim card for wherever you are in the world.

Ultrasn0w Now Available for Download, Working Wonders with iPhone 3G and OS 3.0

Jody Mitoma — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:32:15 +0000

The iPhone Dev-Team has made Ultrasn0w available for download, working at its fullest, waiting for your jailbreaking needs.

The steps on how to Ultrafy your iPhone 3G, have a look below:

Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
Run Cydia or Icy
Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or Icy. That last “o” is actually the number zero “0”! If you use the letter “o” you’ll get an error.
Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
Reboot your iPhone 3G
T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
Enjoy

If you’ve got any questions or concerns, be sure to check out the source link below, redirecting you to the official iPhone dev-team’s blog post. As of this posting, there are over 6,000 comments in the comments section of this post, which is not but 13 hours old. Unbelievable. I’m sure your answer will of been answered by now.

via iPhone Dev-Team

Apple Removes Space from ‘iPhone 3GS’, Previously Known as ‘iPhone 3G S’

Jody Mitoma — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:19:45 +0000

For those of you that are not yet in the know, Apple has decided to remove the space found between 3G and S (which stands for Speed). The new name for their new product is now the iPhone 3GS, sans space. The old (above, to the left), the new (above, to the right).

This isn’t all that big of a deal to most of you, but for those whom blog about Apple’s new products on a daily basis, those of you that spent money in advertising, and for those of you whom own retail stores, this could be a little frustrating, to say the least.

It’s quite possible that upon Steve’s return to Cupertino, Cali., he decided that the name would be changed, sans-space, to better the product. Personally, I think it is better without the space, and I think that the change was a well made decision, however, I do think that it should have been figured out before the actual release of the product. Come on, Apple.

Alright, now you know, so we ask that you don’t start pissing off all the Apple fan boys with your space invasions!

via TUAW

Flash 10 Beta for Smart phone’s Coming this October, No iPhone Support?

Jody Mitoma — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:04 +0000

Adobe’s Flash Platform is making its way to smart phone’s this October, at least in beta form. First thing that came to mind when I saw this story, was, will it be coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch lineups?

If you know anything about Flash, you will be just as disappointed as I am when I regret to inform you that Flash 10 for smart phone’s has not officially been announced to be compatible with Apple’s iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, or iPod Touch products.

According to a slide from Adobe’s Q2 Fiscal Year 2009 earnings presentation, they are on track for a beta release this October at the company’s MAX conference. Prime mobile OS candidates for the beta include those from Adobe’s Open Screen Project, which include Nokia, Palm, Google, and Microsoft.

We’ll have to wait and see if Apple and Research in Motion become a part of this new platform sometime in the near future.

You can count on us to keep you posted.

via Adobe

Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models within First 72 Hours

Jody Mitoma — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:14:49 +0000

via Gearlive

Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster was a little off with his estimation of 500,000 sales noted on June 18th. Apple yesterday announced that they’ve succeeded in the selling of over 1 million iPhone 3GS models June 19th through to June 21st, 2009.

If you read the bottom of the June 18th story, you will see where I estimated that Apple would in fact sell more than 500,000. I had estimated approximately 700,000 sales, which also puts me in the wrong. I was closer, though. You’ve got to give me that!

In addition to such an accomplishment, Apple also mentioned that their iPhone OS 3.0 software update had been downloaded over six million times within the first five days of release, which has been since the 17th of June.

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”

via Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs has Reportedly Been Spotted back at Apple’s California Offices

Jody Mitoma — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:48:18 +0000

According to CBC News Canada, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apparently been spotted back at Apple’s Cupertino, California campus on Monday, the same day that Steve Jobs issued his first statement since going on his leave of absence this January.

“Customers are voting, and the iPhone is winning,” Jobs said in the statement about the latest version of the iPhone 3GS selling one million units over the weekend.

Jobs’s health has been a source of almost daily speculation on the part of investors, analysts and the media, particularly because of both his influence on the company’s creative direction and the company’s unwillingness to go into detail regarding his condition, CBCNews repoorts.

His health has been fluctuating the Apple stock’s ever since first reports of Steve Jobs’ health worries in 2004, when investors first learned that he was battling pancreatic cancer. This past Saturday, Wall Street Journal reported that Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee, and that he will likely be working part-time now that he is back at work.

via CBC News

Jailbroken 3.0 and Cydia is Not Working?! Here is How To Fix It….

Adam Cecchetto — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:54:40 +0000

Yesterday I updated and jailbroke the new 3.0 firmware for my iPhone 3G. During the jailbreak process using redsn0w 0.72 by the iPhone Dev Team, I installed both Cydia and Icy. To my great dismay, when I attempted to intitiate the essential upgrades in Cydia, I continually received an error that stated,

“couldnt configure pre-depend dpkg for ncurses, probably a dependency cycle”

After doing some research, I found that this error was caused by installing both Cydia and Icy.

The simple fix? Re-jailbreak your phone, but make sure that Icy is not checked to be installed. This will fix the issue with Cydia, and will also leave Icy functioning. There is no need to restore prior to re-jailbreaking, just go through the process again.

I hope that this saves some people the same headaches and wasted time that I had.

If you have any issues, please post and I will help the best I can.

So, with the ease of jailbreaking, will you JB the new firmware, or leave it as is? Comment and let us know!

iPhone 3G S is Sporting a Processor Capable of 833MHz; 720p Video Immanent

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:46:37 +0000

As mentioned in the article prior to this, RapidRepair didn’t waste any time in disassembling their iPhone 3G S quickly after receiving their very own. What the found below the outer shell was totally unexpected, and frankly, quite a nice touch.

Hours after the dismantlement of RapidRepair’s iPhone 3G S, it was announced that the processor found within was actually capable of running at faster speeds then 600MHz. The chipset being used, is the SoC S5PC100 from Samsung. This being known, it is capable for the iPhone 3G S to actually run at 233MHz HIGHER than its current clock speed, zooming in at a possible 833MHz.

Not only this, but it is apparent that the iPhone 3G S is also capable of recording at a lovely 720p quality, and is able to handle real-time video conferencing, should Apple choose to go in that direction sometime in the near future. Currently, the iPhone 3G S only records at VGA quality, which, lets face it, isn’t all that pretty.

Have a look at a block diagram of the S5PC100 below:

The S, after all, stands for speed, does it not? It’s possible we’ll get even more speed out of this thing, then we had first thought. It’ll be interesting to see what Apple’s got in mind when it comes to the full clocking capabilities of the S5PC100 processor in the future.

via RapidRepair and Engadget

iPhone 3G S Gets Disassembled; RapidRepair Provides Repair Guide

Jody Mitoma — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:35:23 +0000

via RapidRepair. [click image to enlarge]

The day of the iPhone 3G S launch, RapidRepair quickly got themselves one of their own, and took it apart whilst step-by-step taking photo’s to share with the world how to disassemble your own.

The repair folks have provided us with a 5 step (6 including completion) photo how-to explaining exactly what screws to remove, and how to get the thing apart into a million pieces.

Check out the full disassembling fun over at RapidRepair. Might I suggest you don’t follow-suite with taking your iPhone 3G S apart for fun. I’m fairly certain that this will viod your warranty.

The only thing that would make this dis-assembly better, would be if they provided a how-to video along with the photos and detailed explanations.

Check out the story to follow, for some interesting news in regards to the processor found in the iPhone 3G S!

via RapidRepair

Line Ups Begin Early June 18th, for iPhone 3G S in New York and Tokyo, Most Likely Other Places Too

Jody Mitoma — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:02:38 +0000

Despite the fact that it has been down pouring in New York City, New York, there are still a flock of folks waiting in line at Apple retail stores, for the early morning release of the iPhone 3G S.

This is also reportedly going on in Tokyo, Japan, with one store sporting a lineup of over 200 Apple enthusiasts, and undoubtedly many other city’s around the globe.

The photo above shows the first three college students from Monclair, N.J., Matt Dodd, Sam Epstein, and Keith Hobin. Notice how they’re huddling around borrowed Apple umbrellas in front of Apple’s New York Fifth Avenue store. They arrived at 7am EDT, which is 24 hours before Apple is scheduled to begin selling the new iPhone 3G S. Unfortunate for them, the rain was reported to continue into the night.

If you were one of the many people waiting in line for hours on end, for your brand new iPhone 3G S, feel free to share your story with us within the comments. We’d love to hear about your experience.

via Apple 2.0

Sirius XM iPhone App Now Available for Download

Jody Mitoma — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:45:03 +0000

Although the iPhone and iPod Touch products do not come with an FM transmitter, that doesn’t mean you cannot get radio streaming on these suckers.

Sirius XM has released their iPhone app via the iTunes App Store for download earlier today. If you’re not sure whether or not you want Sirius XM on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you’ll be delighted to know that they are offering a 7-day free trial, but like usually, eventually you will have to hack up some money to keep the service going.

Although this service requires a paid monthly fee to run, the application itself is free of charge upon download. You can download it via the following URL [iTunes link]. 120 channels of the Sirius XM programming you love.

via Sirius XM

Jimmy Fallon and Joshua Topolsky Talk of iPhone 3G S on Late Night

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:44:54 +0000

Nothing special really, but Jimmy Fallon brings Mr. Toposlky to the Late Night show to talk about the upcoming iPhone 3G S, showing off the video editing features, and talking about other new features coming for the 3-Guh-Speed. Jimmy knows best because he’s been reading the blogs.

Without further more to say, have a look at the video below:

via Engadget

iPhone Tethering Option via AT&T to cost an astonishing $55/Month; Hack to Bypass Costs

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:27:00 +0000

Word on the web is that an exclusive source citing from within AT&YT reports that a tethering option will cost AT&T customers an additional $55 per month, added to your current phone bills already-too-high costs.

Although this is lower than the expected (rumored) $70/month that has been making the rounds, it is still rather pricey, especially considering most iPhone owners are already paying a hefty monthly fine to sport their cellphone’s.

It is being rumored around the web that there is a way to hack your carrier’s file to allow tethering on AT&T activated iPhones immediately, but we do not condone you do so, as this may interfere with your current contract terms and cause unneeded headaches. For one, O2 UK has responded to the tethering hack saying, “we reserve the right to charge customers making modem use of their iPhone or disconnect them.”

However, if you’re still willing to give this tethering hack a go, Touch Podium cannot and will not stop you. In fact, we’ll even throw you in the right direction, to an Engadget story, explaining how to do so. Here, have a read, rebel.

On a side-note, it is said, via the same source, that iPhone MMS will be coming via AT&T at the end of July.

via AppModo

Apple to Sell Half a Million (500,000) iPhone 3G S’s this Weekend

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:11:36 +0000

Apple is selling its new iPhone 3G S cellphone in eight countries tomorrow, and it is expected that they will sell 500,000 of them before the weekend is over, along-side sales of the $99 iPhone 3G model.

This is a forecast from Piper Jaffray’s analyst Gene Munster, who notes the half-million mark would compare to sales of 1 million iPhone 3G cellphone’s during its inaugural weekend last July, and 270,000 original iPhones back in June of 2007.

“Several factors lead us to believe Apple will sell less iPhone 3G S’s at launch than it did for the iPhone 3G including a less dramatic change in value proposition and fewer available countries at launch,” Munster wrote in a research note Thursday.

Gene Munster indicates that the launch of the iPhone 3G last year came alongside a 50% price reduction from the original iPhone model, which drove large increases in demand.

You must take into consideration that the iPhone 3G S is only launching in 8 countries, in comparison to the 21 countries that were able to launch the iPhone 3G its first weekend last year.

“The iPhone 3G S launch and the price reduction on the iPhone 3G leave us increasingly confident in our 5 million iPhone unit estimate for the June quarter,” the analyst told clients. “Our estimate includes 3.0 million iPhones in the month of June, approximately 500k 3G S units in the back half of the month and the remaining 2.5m iPhone 3G units through the entire month.”

I expect that Apple will sell more than 500,000 iPhone’s within the first week of sales. My expectations are approximately 700,000, if production lines are capable of keeping up, that is.

via Apple Insider

15-Year-Old Iowa Teen Receives $50,000; Named LG’s U.S. National Texting Champion

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:39:30 +0000

Although this isn’t news in relation to the iPhone, it is something that most iPhone users do on a daily basis. Text messaging. This 15-year-old girl received $50,000 from LG for proving herself to be the fastest text message writer in America.

Kate Moore of Iowa, America was crowned LG’s U.S. National Texting Champion earlier this week.

Kate Moore says, “Let your kid text during dinner! Let your kid text during school! It pays off. Your kid could win money and publicity and a phone.”

What’s most amazing about Kate, is that it took her less than eight months to become America’s greatest text messaging machine. She only received her first cell phone eight months prior to receiving this title. It was announced that Kate had been sending 14,000+ text messages per month, which in turn rounds off to be between 400 and 470 text messages per day.

Well I’ll be damned. If I knew $50,000 was on the line, I’d be practicing and practicing all day and all night long. That’s more money than I make in a year!

For more information on this story, check out the source link below.

via msnbc

Nokia’s N86 to Land on Store Shelves Same Day as Apple iPhone 3G S

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:24:06 +0000

Nokia’s first 8MP camera phone, the N86, will be debuting in London on June 19th, the same day as the iPhone 3G S.

This was announced via the Nokia Flagship Store’s Twitter feed, of all things, and it highlights how the phone will be landing at the same time as the flagship N97.

The N86 is Nokia’s attempt to lure in photography enthusiasts this year, given how it is unlikely to be bringing a 12MP camera phone any time this year.

Techradar writes, “And the launch of two, rather than one, high-end handsets at its Regent’s Street flagship store will hopefully go some way to limiting the damage of releasing phones on the same days as the coveted iPhone 3G S, with Apple’s flagship store just across the road. The N86 is also packing an OLED screen, S60 OS and Carl Zeiss optics for ultra clear photos.”

Nokia had actually began shipping the N86 sometime last week, so it’s no surprise that it’s quickly getting onto store shelves.

If Apple wants to keep up with the game, they better smarten up. The next iPhone (next year’s model) better sport an OLED screen, and come equiped with at least a 5MP camera, if not 8MP+.

via Tech Radar

AT&T Gives Updates on Changes to Upgrade Eligibility Requirements

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:13:24 +0000

Seth gives an update on changes to upgrade eligibility requirements for the new iPhone 3G S from AT&T, as well as answers FAQs appearing on the AT&T Facebook page, and the AT&T News Twitter feed.

Have a look at Seth the blogger’s video below:

via AT&T’s Facebook

iTunes Store Terms and Conditions - Entertaining Page 66 Agreement

Jody Mitoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:25:25 +0000

via benhunted

In conjunction with the story regarding iTunes Store terms and conditions change [see here], I’ve been surfing around the net, when I found the above hilarity via Twitpic.

Apparently Apple Inc. wants us to agree that we will not use their products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.

Are you serious? Did this really need to be mentioned in the iTunes Store terms and conditions, Apple? This is just too much.

via Twitpic

AT&T Free Hotspot Access Made Better with iPhone OS 3.0 Auto-Connection Feature

Jody Mitoma — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:16:43 +0000

Before the iPhone OS 3.0 software update, you were required to send text messages, and visit websites before being able to connect to any of AT&T’s 20,000+ Country-wide free wireless hotspots.

Now that iPhone software update 3.0 has been released to the public, sporting auto-wifi-connectivity, this previously-too-long of a process has been shortened down to simply walking into an AT&T hotspot and being connected instantly.

Have a look at Seth the AT&T Blogger’s video provided below:

via Engadget

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